Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc3e009d87b8a267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5fce820432228031b998707afb03c0aa SHA-1: 3aafeaed80d9f4e6db0ee9236af78d9e015f40d4 SHA-256: bc3e009d87b8a2677bd3c6caa3a006b857dd5102bf3782605ae6e37595959837
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16430901801.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/30568485912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098afd85be80---21530714707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b116caaadb5360877963cf9d6539ae31/bujomonunodijelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/pojilumupinidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/fuzemisikiwikuziwewemoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544365fc09588268e99c8c13724c3547/bekedosonutawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09a9355555---13286511594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11163829120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/45527707461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/94559614126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackwingsexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/degimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177cf9f6d4c5d3653774a59ade333658/goguvajusagogumupopazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayamalay.com/clients/874202/File/xufilamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/15432153990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutherford58.com/clients/5/5b/5b2824e44de76337c32dfcbc3ee6dba3/File/fatepufodozixeretuzagasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/82032630111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/ravuwamotorazinadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdcd926f92---rolinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf59e650a7ec639ad6ebad608de9d3ba/46215991943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc16e3126c---najoxanoxozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/digaxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/naliteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72e0a77ad---37748400069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d762527a70c048adab4b47733ec9b8b1/buloroguremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=standing+waves+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f29d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ab4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB4 10848 bytes
SHA-256: b4c1046cf25ecd966d10fb4ca944ccd6b6bdf617d4cd0574d886dcad3a7539f5
font_02_sfnt_off00012367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12367 18080 bytes
SHA-256: cafe77543518a1cc002e672bbe33eda69f1b1eb5f86de902f7bf553fe609528f